Up until now, the true dangers of bath salts were a bit hazy. The synthetic drug was blamed for everything from the Miami zombie to the guy in West Virginia who dressed in panties and slaughtered his neighbor’s goat, but the science was much less certain. After all, face-eating killer…
A stupid gun owner almost claimed the life of a Miami musician on New Year’s Eve. The falling bullet narrowly missed Ted Zimmerman’s head, but he won’t be playing his trumpet any time soon. The bullet tore through his index finger and lodged into his middle one.In an exclusive interview…
Chances are, when you heard that the GOP-controlled House had finally relented on a deal that kept the nation from plunging Wile E. Coyote-style off a fiscal cliff, you popped a little mental champagne. But even though the compromise prevents huge tax increases and keeps unemployment benefits in place, analysts…
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Paul Eggers Greene, an 18-year-old from Charlotte County, ended 2012 in an unholy manner. Clad in just shorts and socks, he started yelling in a middle of a street that he was Jesus and then bit a deputy who intervened.Can you believe that drugs are suspected?…
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While Marlins assistant general manager Dan Jennings insists the team isn’t actively looking to sell its lone remaining star Giancarlo Stanton, he is publicly stating that if the right deal came along the team would be open to unload him. Which is sort of like sitting on a street corner…
On one hand, monogamy is boring. On the other, jealousy is a strange, unpredictable emotion. So you should really think things through before inviting your friend to have a threesome with you and your wife or else things could end up involving a baseball bat. (And not even in a…
Last year Florida witnessed some crazy sh*t, most famously “Miami Zombie” Rudy Eugene tearing the face off of Ronald Poppo before dying in a flurry of bullets.Well, 2013 isn’t starting out any more sane.A naked burglar was arrested this morning after allegedly breaking into a yard in Little Haiti, choking…
Don’t say we didn’t warn you.Despite almost embarrassing amounts of public outreach to remind Miamians not to shoot their guns off into the air every time they see fireworks, a man was struck by a falling bullet on New Year’s Eve…
It was a wild New Year’s Eve for Florida Keys resident Deni Noa.According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the 24-year-old Stock Island resident reached into a car and punched a woman in the eye as she was idling at a light on US 1 and Cross Street around 9:…
Nothing rings in the new year like a suspicious death in Miami Beach.According to city police spokeswoman Det. Vivian Hernandez, homicide detectives are investigating a dispute between a couple who were staying at the Marseilles Hotel at 1741 Collins Ave.Police found the man dead in his room early on New…
Today is going to be a real bitch, Miami. No question about it. You’re back at work already, but those three bottles of champers you chugged on New Year’s Eve are not done with you yet. Right now, your head feels like Deadmau5 is spinning a set on your cerebellum.But…
Tonight, the Orange Bowl, once one of the premier college bowl games in the land, continues its sad slope into mediocrity by featuring the champion of the worst big conference that will actually exist in a few years (sorry Big East) and a BCS buster no one cared about or…
When Gus Lopez was arrested in October on 63 charges ranging from money laundering to bribery, even the most jaded Miami Beach residents were amazed at the extent of his alleged corruption. For five years, the city’s procurement director had run a contract racket out of his office at city…
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Kimberly Lightsey was handed down an unusual sentencing as part of a plea deal related to child abuse charges. A judge ruled she cannot have any more children or she would violate her probation. Man, talk about the government telling a woman what to do with her body…
Twice a year, during the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve, the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County have to constantly reminding everyone in town NOT to shoot their guns off in celebration. Actually, a news conference held last week highlighted the Rickia Issac Foundation’s 14th annual No More Stray Bullets event…
